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Caring for the Patient with Breast Cancer (NC Community College Oncology Lecture)
October 16, 2019 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Free
Amy DePue, BSN RN OCN CBCN
Oncology Nurse Navigator
UNC Breast Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Betsy Blanton, BSN RN OCN
Oncology Nurse Navigator
UNC Breast Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Lea McDonnell, BSN RN
Oncology Nurse Navigator
UNC Breast Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Emily Riddle, BSN RN
Oncology Nurse Navigator
UNC Breast Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Betsy Wehe, BSN RN
Oncology Nurse Navigator
UNC Breast Center
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
UNC School of Medicine
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Caring for the Patient with Breast Cancer
How to care for the breast cancer patient using multiple modalities; medical oncology, surgical oncology, and radiation oncology, with a brief examination of chemotherapy side effects and financial toxicities of treatment, a lecture for nursing students.
Lecture Objectives:
- Identify modalities of breast cancer treatment; medical, surgical, and radiation oncology
- Discuss financial toxicity of the breast cancer patient receiving treatment for newly diagnosed disease or who are metastatic.
- Explain the use of aromatase inhibitors and Tamoxifen in the hormone receptor positive breast cancer patient.
- Demonstrate knowledge concerning standard chemotherapy for patients in treatment for breast cancer.
Lecture Resources:
- Presentation Handouts
- NCCC Note Taking Guide